thoughtful
Syllables: thought·fulUK/ˈθɔːtfəl/
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British/ˈθoːtfəl/
thoughtful adjective: demonstrating thought or careful consideration.
Adjective
thoughtful (comparative more thoughtful, superlative most thoughtful)
- Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.
- Most thoughtful people eventually solve the puzzle.
- Now the New Year reviving old Desires,
The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough
Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2
- Synonyms:
- careful, contemplative, pensive, thoughty, ruminant, introspective
- Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.
- Preparing dinner is a thoughtful gesture for a new mother.
- Synonyms:
- thoughty, considerate, attentive, caring
thoughtful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
thoughtful in Hindi
- demonstrating thought or careful consideration
- चिंतनशील cintanśīl
- demonstrating kindness or consideration
- विचारशील vicārśīl, चिंतनशील cintanśīl
thoughtful in Tamil
- எண்ணிப்பார்க்கின்ற, எண்ணிப்பார்க்கிற, சிந்தனையார்ந்த, சிந்திக்கிற, சிந்திக்கிற கருத்துச் செறிந்த, எண்ணமிகு
thoughtful in Marathi
- विचारशील
thoughtful in Bengali
- চিন্তাশীল
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- thoughtful in Malayalam
- വിചാരമുളള, ചിന്താശീലമുളള, ചിന്തിക്കുന്ന
- thoughtful in Kannada
- ಆಲೋಚನಾ ಪೂರ್ಣ, ಚಿಂತನಪರ, ವಿಚಾರಮಗ್ನ, ಇತರರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಚಿಂತಿಸುವ
- thoughtful in Punjabi
- ਵਿਚਾਰਸ਼ੀਲ
- thoughtful in Gujarati
- વિચારશીલ
- thoughtful in Odia
- ଚିନ୍ତାଶୀଳ
- thoughtful in Nepali
- विचारशील
- thoughtful in Arabic
- عَمِيق اَلتَّفْكِير ʕamīq at-tafkīr
Examples of thoughtful in a sentence
- The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.
- Thoughtful corrections can be diplomatic as well as instructional.
- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
Synonyms of thoughtful
- careful
- contemplative
- pensive
- thoughty
- ruminant
- introspective
- considerate
- attentive
- caring
- cogitative
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Antonyms
Forms of thoughtful
| comparative | more thoughtful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most thoughtful |
Origin of thoughtful
From Middle English thoȝtful, thohtful, equivalent to thought + -ful. Compare Dutch gedachtenvol, Swedish tankfull.
Words formed from thoughtful
Words that rhyme with thoughtful
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Questions about thoughtful
- What does thoughtful mean?
- Thoughtful means demonstrating thought or careful consideration.
- What is thoughtful in Hindi?
- Thoughtful in Hindi is चिंतनशील (cintanśīl), विचारशील (vicārśīl). See Thoughtful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thoughtful?
- Thoughtful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce thoughtful?
- Thoughtful is pronounced /ˈθɔːtfəl/ (UK).
Words near thoughtful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thoughtful (page history and authors); thoughtful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thoughtful (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoughtful (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoughtful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thoughtful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thoughtful (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoughtful (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoughtful (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoughtful (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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